When Corellon put his mind to something, he was remarkably thorough.
Hill carefully restrained his magic as he cast Natural Blessing, helping the rare trees that had been transplanted here take root and grow.
Only when he saw the ring of trees spreading their branches and leaves did Hill turn and enter the hall. He handed the Spatial Crystals from the little box to the Space-Time Divine Artifact.
He also collected William's thank-you gift.
There was a large piece of Tough Crystal and several pieces of Astral Drift Iron. Tough Crystal was a rare crystal from the Celestial Realm. Pale gold and elastic, it had absorbed the inner power of a deity sleeping beneath a mountain. Weapons made from it counted as Good Alignment weapons even when wielded by someone who was not of the Good Alignment.
A lot of mages liked the stuff. After all, some people were always looking to deal with the Devils of Hell or the Demons of the Abyss, and it did more damage to those creatures than their own attacks could.
Officially, of course, everyone claimed they sought the sacred crystal to fight evil.
For someone like Hill, though, what mattered most was that accessories and wondrous items made with Tough Crystal enhanced all his divine spells. It even worked on Mythals.
The moment Hill saw the crystal, he decided to use it to strengthen his Crystal Flower.
He had no confidence at all in Toril's future. In a world that could shatter at any moment, ordinary people had it hard.
As for Astral Drift Iron, it was heavy and difficult to forge, but it could ward against attacks from spirits. Magic arrays built around it could form protective fields that did serious damage to Ghosts and certain incorporeal Demons. The material could only